With your comments I found additional German legal guidance that mostly matches what you said. It appears that Germany does indeed have a portion of privacy from someone intentionally walking up to you and taking your picture. I don’t think this invalidates my original point because it doesn’t appear that expectation of privacy extends to installed surveillance cameras in public.
However, I appreciate having a better understanding of German law. Thank you.
Kissaki@feddit.org 1 day ago
Regarding security cameras, you can’t point your private security camera of your property. If you put it above your entrance, you can’t point it to record the entire street.
Afaik anyway.
Parking spaces or business must visibly disclose that there’s cameras, at least where they would not be generally expected. I’m not too sure about the specifics there though.